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wooden letter guestbook

Future Mrs. Glace, on June 27, 2016 at 6:44 PM Posted in Do It Yourself 0 8

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For my wedding, we are doing a wooden letter like this for our "guestbook". Im buying a 2 foot unfinished wooden letter G for our last name. I want to paint it black and have white or gold signatures. Not sure if a matte spray paint or regular paint would be better or if makes a difference, and what kind of pens I should use for people to sign it. Should I seal it with something when it's all done to protect it? please help!

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Latest activity by Crescent 1894, on June 28, 2016 at 10:25 AM

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Nessa · on June 27, 2016 at 6:45 PM
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I have no experience with this, but considering you still have over a year, here's my suggestion:
Buy a smaller letter, pray paint and some markers/pens... All cheap, and do a mock up. If the cheap stuff works great, if not, work your way up.
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Future Mrs. Glace · on June 27, 2016 at 6:51 PM
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@Nessa thats a great idea! thanks
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MrsMohan · on June 27, 2016 at 6:52 PM
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This is my guest book plan as well!
I've been trying to figure out how big of a letter I need and Google is failing me
From what i've found though, these are usually signed with sharpies. Sealing it afterwards definitely won't hurt!
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FizzFuzz · on June 27, 2016 at 6:54 PM
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Sharpie makes oil paint pens that work really great on wood as well. They come in a bunch of different colors. They even sell them at home depot and lowes.

We had a wood puzzle for ours. The oil paint pens worked fantastically.
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Nicole · on June 28, 2016 at 8:30 AM
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I would say use chalkboard paint and sharpie markers, then after its signed seal it with clear coat
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Melissa · on June 28, 2016 at 9:29 AM
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The sharpie oil paint pens for sure, and then seal it with some type of finish afterward. We had a nice big stained oak board for our guest book and we used the sharpie oil paint pens. They looked so nice!
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annakay511 · on June 28, 2016 at 10:23 AM
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Great idea! Use a matte paint (either spray paint or regular paint). For the pens, definitely use the sharpie paint pens. After the wedding, you can do a clear gloss coat to protect it.
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Crescent 1894 · on June 28, 2016 at 10:25 AM
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Mod podge the heck out of it after the wedding!!!
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